Chapter 201: The Battle of Nanjing (Prologue)
…… After millions of years of crustal movement, Yuhuatai gradually formed a hilly terrain, high in the southeast and low in the northwest, 8-9 kilometers high in the front of the land, 5-7 kilometers in depth, during which the vegetation is luxuriant, even in this winter in December, there are some evergreen vegetation still glowing green, but to this dry winter and the upcoming war to bring some life vigor.
In Yuhuatai, the command post of the 388th Regiment temporarily built by Han Xin, the core team of the 388th Regiment is engaged in a fierce debate.
"Regiment Commander, what a fucking annoyance, we came here thousands of miles to support them in defending Nanjing, and we ended up with such a result.
The left flank position is actually defended by only one regiment of our 388th Regiment, isn't this treating us as cannon fodder?
I think we'll just stop doing it, and we'll be able to leave. ”
Zhou Dalong is the most straight, and after getting Zhu Chi's order, he began to jump in anger.
No one is a fool, these three major positions, the left flank position, the center position, and the right flank position, are basically three parallel positions.
If the enemy is coming to attack, the clues can be seen at a glance, and without knowing the specific deployment of the Nationalist forces behind the position, the Japanese army will most likely choose the plan of dividing its forces and attacking the three major positions at the same time.
And once the Japanese commander found that the resistance of the left flank position was weak, he would most likely concentrate his forces on the left flank and launch a charge on the left flank position.
At that time, even if the right flank position and the central position could react and come to support, the 388th Regiment guarding the left flank position would inevitably be more than lucky.
Everyone understands this very clearly, but Zhu Chi doesn't seem to know, and directly ignores the past.
It is estimated that in his heart, he is just using the 388th regiment in the left flank position as a bait!
"That's right, Commander, others use us as cannon fodder, why are we working for them!"
Lu Guangwei also said in agreement.
Han Xin looked up at the core of the 388 regiment, and there was anger and injustice written on the faces of Yang Wang, the deputy head of the regiment, and He Miao, the political commissar and others.
However, to everyone's expectations, Han Xin, who had always remained calm, suddenly smiled.
Said: "Who do you think we came here to fight for? Who is it for?
Neither, we are here to defend our Motherland, to defend our capital, to defend our compatriots.
This is an honorable mission, so no matter how unfair the reality is, we must not abandon it. ”
"In addition, you ignore the fact that there are two sides to everything, and you only see the disadvantages of our regiment being sent alone to defend the left flank position, but you do not see the good side."
"Oh, Captain, what do you mean?" The brothers were stunned for a moment, and they all looked at Han Xin.
"You really don't know?"
"Commander, don't sell it, talk about it!"
Looking at everyone's impatient looks, Han Xin smiled and said: "Our regiment was sent to guard the left flank position alone, there are advantages and disadvantages, but in my opinion, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
First, if there is only one regiment of our 388th Regiment in the left flank position, then our regiment will have independent command and will be able to organize battles and deploy defenses on its own, without being held hostage by others.
Second, I don't know if you have paid attention to the observation, perhaps because the national army that has retreated from the huge material loss of the Beijing-Shanghai War of Resistance has not been replenished in time.
Take the 262 Brigade and the 264 Brigade in front of us as an example, the heavy artillery fire they have at the moment is not even as good as our 388 Regiment, of course, this is also because we captured a lot of baggage in the battle of Yuanding County, as well as before.
Therefore, although we have only one regiment to defend the left flank position, our artillery fire is sufficient to completely offset this shortcoming. ”
"That's right, Captain! I really remember what you said, fat man, when you and I passed by the arsenal of the 262nd Brigade before, I was still puzzled, saying that the mountain artillery was about to fall apart and hadn't been thrown away, do you remember! ”
"I remember, I also glanced at the arsenal at the time, and it seemed that as the regiment commander said, there were only some dilapidated mortars left in their arsenal, and a few mountain guns, and there seemed to be no other baggage weapons."
"It's unimaginable that the Battle of Songhu was so tragic." He Miao then sighed.
Han Xin nodded approvingly, took over the conversation and said, "Now everyone is not dissatisfied!" People are old people who survived the Battle of Songhu, who have shed blood and sacrificed their lives, so we should let them do a little. ”
"But then again, no one can reveal the state of our munitions."
"Hehe, I'll just say, during this time with our head of the group, I have long found out that our head of the group is a person who will not suffer.
I said how the head of the regiment asked us to wrap all the baggage in cloth and transport it, which turned out to have this purpose for a long time.
It's not simple, it's really not simple, I'm afraid we won't be able to shake the position of the head of the regiment in this life, alas! ”
"Brother Long, I just found out that your mouth is quite poor!"
Lu Guangwei joked with Zhou Dalong with a smile, and then saw that the deputy head of the regiment, Yang Wang's eyebrows were wrinkled together, and he wondered: "Brother Yang, do you still have any worries?"
Yang Wang nodded and analyzed: "Well, regiment leader, we are weak here, and the establishment is just a regiment.
It can be said that in this battle for the defense of Nanjing, a random one may be our commander.
So...... I am worried that once the war starts, our arms situation will be exposed, and Zhu Chi will naturally not say anything during the battle, but after the battle, I am afraid that it will inevitably cause trouble.
When that happens, things don't go well. ”
"He dares! We didn't ask him for a gun or a cannon, our supplies were all copied from his hometown in the Second War Zone, and he Zhu Chi was just a brigade commander, could it be that he couldn't rob it as openly as a robber? Zhou Dalong blew his beard and glared.
But what Yang Wang said made everyone fall into deep thought.
Political Commissar He Miao tried to say: "Since they didn't ask, we have no obligation to say it, even if they know, they shouldn't say anything!"
"Hehe, I won't say it openly, but secretly we still have to distribute our supplies, you must know that they are very hungry for weapons and materials now!" Liu San also answered.
"Then our situation now is that we can't let them have a reason to trouble us, and we have to keep our supplies, so ......"
"Commander, don't you already have an idea?" He Miao suddenly noticed the smile on the corner of Han Xin's mouth and asked.
Han Xin's old mistake of liking to cultivate his brothers' ability to take charge of their own affairs intentionally or unintentionally seemed to have been committed again, and he smiled disappreciatively:
"As a general, when you command a battle, it's like playing chess, you have to take the whole situation into account, not take one step at a time, then you will lose badly.
Whether I am here or not, I want you to keep this in mind.
For example, the problem that seems to you to be very difficult is already within the scope of my thinking.
The solution is simple, we can expose our arms situation and not be afraid that they will know.
As long as there is one point, the results we have achieved after exposing the arms can completely offset our fault in concealing the situation of the arms. ”
Han Xin said lightly, and did not give others a sense of aggressiveness, as if a teacher was teaching students, and he said it very sincerely.
Everyone can feel this, although they don't know why their head of the regiment said this, but more or less they all feel a little bit.
Lu Guangwei's eyes lit up even more.
"Commander, do you have an idea?"
"Naturally!"
(To be continued)